TotalBiscuit or John Bain. I would like to think wherever (in terms of the afterlife) you are you can see this. You set the stones in terms of taking down company’s like this (EA, G2A so on and so forth). You helped the people and legit company and people are still listening. People are standing up to shady business practices. (Loot boxes and micro transactions). You left some boots to fill. Your wife has picked up the torch and still believes in what you where doing and did. Rest In Peace John Bain. Sorry. TotalBiscuit.
I also had a friend who didn't follow stuff too closely, as life kept him busy. Sent him this video 2 days ago. He stopped supporting G2A on that moment.
Recent videos about G2As fraudulent practices inspired me to find and rewatch this video. Just goes to show TB always had his finger on the pulse in the gaming market and I'll always miss him.
you could technicallycharge back from g2a and get your money back and g2a won't get any money, and bankrupt from the negative earnings...🤔🤐 Don't ask why I know...
Probably the last Chad move TB ever got to do. And it was against G2A. And it fucked them and their chances to appear legitimate. Probably for good. TB might be gone, but he left his mark where it mattered. G2A gets a spotlight on them now when they make moves. Good
I know this is an old video but I haven't had any issues with my purchases on G2A. And from my understanding, the games that I buy that are steam releases are resells of when they go on sale on steam with a small upcharge. I often check steam to see if said game is on sale because it's often cheaper to do a direct steam sale... so I don't see how a company loses money on a digital purchase like this.. think about it, if steam sold a million games on its 90% off sale and half were bought just for someone else to resell them on G2A for 80% off the pre-sale price how is that hurting a developer? This is like when the industry complained about rentals... they already got the money from the purchase of that game.. yes, rentals actually can hurt sales because it doesn't force someone to buy a game to try it out. The concerns about credit card fraud are valid and I think G2A needs to be held accountable for that. I don't know how it is with other platforms besides steam but maybe I missed something.. RIP TB
In addition, it seems like it all depends on who you buy the game from on G2A I had someone resend me a code that didn't work when I emailed the seller, it all worked out in the end so I guess my experience with the service has colored my opinion. Also I have a healthy mistrust of the gaming industry as it is... mostly thanks to people like TB and Jim Sterling.
The example you list is not the major issue here. People getting keys by steam sales when they have paid for it with their own money and then reselling it on G2A is OK. People getting a game key on offer they do not want and then selling this to G2A is OK. In short, there are a lot of use cases that are OK. What is not OK is that G2A is not taking enough steps to prevent the use cases that are illegal, while also profiting from illegal actions and essentially operating as a fence - a recipient of stolen goods while doing nothing to verify or prevent such actions. Not only this, but their buyer protection is for sale, not offered for free as any legitimate store should. If they cannot guarantee that the consumer is not punished for having to protect themselves against fraud, what are we doing? Not to mention that there are people selling on G2A with over 6 thousands of verified and accepted complaints that they sell stolen keys or keys that are not working, and these people are still allowed to sell on G2A. Also, the cancellation of stolen keys costs the developers money which has shut one down, almost forced another developer to shut down and hurt many others financially to varied degrees. This is the G2A effect, not the legitimate use cases that are possible via G2A.
Cheap keys for users is always good. Who cares what the developer wants? Credit card fraud is understandable, but still, cheap key is cheap. Only non-working keys should be banned.
@Justin Saephan If you illegally download it, at least you aren't paying thieves money. I don't really see how pirating a videogame is worse than paying a criminal for stolen goods. Piracy may lead to reduced sales, but it doesn't run of risk of bankrupting devs like chargebacks from games bought with stolen credit cards. Hence why many devs have said they prefer piracy to G2A.
@Justin Saephan I never said you should. I've never committed piracy, and have always bought the games I play from legitimate retailers. If you had bothered to properly read my original comment, and had made even the slightest effort to understand what I was saying, you would realise that I was not encouraging piracy. I have instead made clear that piracy is a lesser evil compared to funding thieves and buying games acquired through fraud, at cost to the devs. The fact that it is a lesser evil does not make it acceptable, even if it is preferable to a worse alternative. Stop being so fucking self righteous and dense.
Justin, you are being deliberately obtuse. Yes, I didn't phrase things in precise and exacting detail, but it was pretty clear what I meant. The person I originally replied to said they didn't care where the game comes from as long as it was cheap. It was clear that they weren't going to buy the game legitimately, hence why I didn't bother, no matter how much I wish they would. Instead, as they would otherwise be doing a very bad thing by funding credit-card thieves and scammers, and bankrupting devs, I said they should pirate it. While it would still be wrong, it wouldn't hurt the devs anywhere near as much. All of that was entirely obvious. Instead of being slightly sensible, you instead decided to ignore all context and proceeded to attack me, rather than the person who effectively stated they didn't mind if they bankrupted a game studio and funded criminals. The lesser evil, while still morally wrong, is exactly that. It is 'lesser' for a reason. Maybe you're an idiot, maybe you have the luxury of living in a morally black and white world, I don't know. Regardless, next time, how about you criticise the ones determined to actually causing harm, rather than the person trying to minimise the damage?
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Man, I can't even get my intro resolution right. This is what I get for making videos at such a peasant resolution. I beg your forgiveness.
i miss you man
*:'(*
TotalBiscuit or John Bain. I would like to think wherever (in terms of the afterlife) you are you can see this. You set the stones in terms of taking down company’s like this (EA, G2A so on and so forth). You helped the people and legit company and people are still listening. People are standing up to shady business practices. (Loot boxes and micro transactions). You left some boots to fill. Your wife has picked up the torch and still believes in what you where doing and did.
Rest In Peace John Bain. Sorry. TotalBiscuit.
This video stopped a friend of mine from buying from G2A, almost a year after TB's death. He would be happy to know that.
I also had a friend who didn't follow stuff too closely, as life kept him busy. Sent him this video 2 days ago. He stopped supporting G2A on that moment.
Man do I miss this guy's videos...rest in peace TB
I miss him. T_T
Me too. :( This just popped up in my recommended videos and I thought I would stop by and pay my respects. Remembering happier times... :/
PS: Only 31 comments after over half a million views? Weird.
@@CybershamanX The industry could really use a good ass kicking from him right now too.
@@delsucksatgames4926 No doubt! ;)
@@CybershamanX TB had comments on the channel turned off due to how often they bothered him. Genna turned them back on after he passed.
Just rewatching - 2019 - G2A - Rest in Peace TB
Rest in peace TB. Just searched this video to share in a thread on Twitter. And now I am about to cry...
Years later. Tb gone. G2a still stealing. Gearbox and Randy Pitchford still a d bag.
Recent videos about G2As fraudulent practices inspired me to find and rewatch this video. Just goes to show TB always had his finger on the pulse in the gaming market and I'll always miss him.
Everyone needs to watch this before even thinking of going to G2A.
who's even still using G2A. There are plenty of other key stores with much better prices than them and even more reliable.
Rest in peace bother.
you could technicallycharge back from g2a and get your money back and g2a won't get any money, and bankrupt from the negative earnings...🤔🤐
Don't ask why I know...
Probably the last Chad move TB ever got to do. And it was against G2A. And it fucked them and their chances to appear legitimate. Probably for good. TB might be gone, but he left his mark where it mattered. G2A gets a spotlight on them now when they make moves. Good
:'(
I picked up Bulletstorm recently, I miss TB so much.
I know this is an old video but I haven't had any issues with my purchases on G2A. And from my understanding, the games that I buy that are steam releases are resells of when they go on sale on steam with a small upcharge. I often check steam to see if said game is on sale because it's often cheaper to do a direct steam sale... so I don't see how a company loses money on a digital purchase like this.. think about it, if steam sold a million games on its 90% off sale and half were bought just for someone else to resell them on G2A for 80% off the pre-sale price how is that hurting a developer? This is like when the industry complained about rentals... they already got the money from the purchase of that game.. yes, rentals actually can hurt sales because it doesn't force someone to buy a game to try it out.
The concerns about credit card fraud are valid and I think G2A needs to be held accountable for that. I don't know how it is with other platforms besides steam but maybe I missed something..
RIP TB
In addition, it seems like it all depends on who you buy the game from on G2A I had someone resend me a code that didn't work when I emailed the seller, it all worked out in the end so I guess my experience with the service has colored my opinion. Also I have a healthy mistrust of the gaming industry as it is... mostly thanks to people like TB and Jim Sterling.
It's "isoos" not issues.
The example you list is not the major issue here. People getting keys by steam sales when they have paid for it with their own money and then reselling it on G2A is OK. People getting a game key on offer they do not want and then selling this to G2A is OK. In short, there are a lot of use cases that are OK.
What is not OK is that G2A is not taking enough steps to prevent the use cases that are illegal, while also profiting from illegal actions and essentially operating as a fence - a recipient of stolen goods while doing nothing to verify or prevent such actions. Not only this, but their buyer protection is for sale, not offered for free as any legitimate store should. If they cannot guarantee that the consumer is not punished for having to protect themselves against fraud, what are we doing?
Not to mention that there are people selling on G2A with over 6 thousands of verified and accepted complaints that they sell stolen keys or keys that are not working, and these people are still allowed to sell on G2A.
Also, the cancellation of stolen keys costs the developers money which has shut one down, almost forced another developer to shut down and hurt many others financially to varied degrees. This is the G2A effect, not the legitimate use cases that are possible via G2A.
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Cheap keys for users is always good. Who cares what the developer wants?
Credit card fraud is understandable, but still, cheap key is cheap. Only non-working keys should be banned.
Don't care where the game comes from as long as the game is remains cheap :)
Honestly, in that case please just pirate it rather than giving money to thieves. It's what devs have actually requested.
@Justin Saephan If you illegally download it, at least you aren't paying thieves money. I don't really see how pirating a videogame is worse than paying a criminal for stolen goods. Piracy may lead to reduced sales, but it doesn't run of risk of bankrupting devs like chargebacks from games bought with stolen credit cards. Hence why many devs have said they prefer piracy to G2A.
@Justin Saephan I never said you should. I've never committed piracy, and have always bought the games I play from legitimate retailers.
If you had bothered to properly read my original comment, and had made even the slightest effort to understand what I was saying, you would realise that I was not encouraging piracy.
I have instead made clear that piracy is a lesser evil compared to funding thieves and buying games acquired through fraud, at cost to the devs. The fact that it is a lesser evil does not make it acceptable, even if it is preferable to a worse alternative.
Stop being so fucking self righteous and dense.
@@MrSumphora buying from G2A is not illegal.
Pirating a game is illegal.
Justin does not want to do something illegal.
Justin, you are being deliberately obtuse. Yes, I didn't phrase things in precise and exacting detail, but it was pretty clear what I meant.
The person I originally replied to said they didn't care where the game comes from as long as it was cheap. It was clear that they weren't going to buy the game legitimately, hence why I didn't bother, no matter how much I wish they would.
Instead, as they would otherwise be doing a very bad thing by funding credit-card thieves and scammers, and bankrupting devs, I said they should pirate it. While it would still be wrong, it wouldn't hurt the devs anywhere near as much.
All of that was entirely obvious. Instead of being slightly sensible, you instead decided to ignore all context and proceeded to attack me, rather than the person who effectively stated they didn't mind if they bankrupted a game studio and funded criminals. The lesser evil, while still morally wrong, is exactly that. It is 'lesser' for a reason.
Maybe you're an idiot, maybe you have the luxury of living in a morally black and white world, I don't know. Regardless, next time, how about you criticise the ones determined to actually causing harm, rather than the person trying to minimise the damage?